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    Víctor Frankenstein, animado por su
    propio ego plantea todo un desafío a la humanidad que
    sólo le valdrán penurias el resto de su vida.
    Dedicado a la Ciencia investiga hasta el punto de enfermar la
    resurrección de los muertos. Con uno que consiga ya
    habrá tenido el éxito buscado. Sin embargo cuando
    su creación, formada de trozos humanos sin vida, abre los
    ojos por primera vez Víctor se asusta. Se asusta demasiado
    pronto y lo abandona. Egoistamente huye del monstruo que ha
    creado y se marcha a su hogar, con su querida familia y su amigo
    Henry Clerval. Mientras tanto el monstruo se acerca a otro ser
    humano y sólo siente rechazo. La sensación de
    soledad no es tan grave como el descubrimiento de que ha sido
    creado por otro hombre y ha sido abandonado. En ese momento
    decide buscarlo, y apoyándose en su fuerza sobrenatural,
    viaja incansable hasta encontrarlo. Cuando encuentra a uno de los
    miembros de la familia, Víctor está otra vez fuera
    de casa, y el monstruo se ciega con el pequeño William. A
    partir de ese momento el trato entre ambos será de amenaza
    constante.  El gran tema de este libro es la soledad. Cuando
    te haces mayor el monstruo de Frankenstein ya no te da miedo, y
    te das cuenta de que no es más que un tipo bastante feo
    que se siente solo, algo así como lo que te encuentras al
    bajar al bar de la esquina. A muchos les gustaría coger a
    Dios por las solapas de la chaqueta y preguntarle "¿por
    qué me has creado?", "¿por qué me has echado
    a un mundo terrible en el que no encajo?", otros se piden un
    cubata más. Bien, en este libro asistimos a eso mismo. El
    monstruo puede asombrarnos por su fealdad y su fuerza, y la piel
    se nos pone de gallina al imaginar que despertamos con su rostro
    pegado al nuestro, pero si vamos más allá, nos
    sobrecogerá la triste historia de un ser bondadoso
    desgarrado por la soledad y condenado al odio a su pesar. El
    estilo y lenguaje del libro transportan a la época, y nos
    hacen querer estar en aquella reunión entre el matrimonio
    Shelley, Byron y Polidori.

    Victor Frankenstein begins by telling
    Walton of his childhood. Born into a wealthy family of Geneva,
    Frankenstein is encouraged to seek a greater understanding of the
    world around him through science. He grows up in a safe
    environment, surrounded by loving family and friends.

    As a young boy, Victor Frankenstein became
    obsessed with studying outdated theories of science that focused
    on achieving natural wonders. In particular, Victor studied the
    works of Cornelius Agrippa. He planned to attend university at
    Ingolstadt Germany. But, a week before his planned departure,
    Frankenstein's mother died, ironically after curing his adopted
    sister, Elizabeth Lavenza, who became ill with scarlet fever. The
    whole family was aggrieved, and Frankenstein sees the death as
    his life's first misfortune. At university, he excels at
    chemistry and other sciences and—in part through studying
    how life decays—discovers the secret to imbuing the
    inanimate with life. He also becomes interested in galvanism, a
    technique discovered in the 1790s.

    While the exact details of the monster's
    construction are left ambiguous, Frankenstein explains that he
    collected bones from charnel-houses, and "disturbed, with profane
    fingers, the tremendous secrets of the human frame." He also says
    that the dissecting-room and slaughter-house furnished many of
    his materials. (The slaughter-house reference suggests that some
    of the materials used in Frankenstein's creation are not from
    human bodies.) He had been forced to make the monster much larger
    than a normal man — he estimates it to be about eight feet
    tall — in part because of the difficulty in replicating the
    minute parts of the human body. The creature, which he had hoped
    would be beautiful, is instead hideous to his eyes, with a
    withered, translucent, yellowish skin that barely conceals the
    muscular system and blood vessels. After giving the monster life,
    Frankenstein is repulsed by his work: "I had desired it with an
    ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished,
    the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and
    disgust filled my heart." Frankenstein flees hoping to forget
    what he has created and attempts to live a normal life. Victor's
    abandonment of the monster leaves the monster confused, angry and
    afraid. However, the monster is learning valuable life lessons
    about family and love.

    After his exhausting and secretive efforts
    to create a human life, Frankenstein becomes ill. He is nursed
    back to health by his childhood friend, Henry Clerval. It takes
    Frankenstein four months to recover from his illness. He has
    determined that he should return home when his five-year-old
    brother, William, is found murdered. Elizabeth blames herself for
    William's death because she had allowed him to have access to his
    mother's locket, which she believes caused a thief to murder
    William and steal the locket. William's nanny, Justine, is hanged
    for the murder based on the discovery of Frankenstein's mother's
    locket in Justine's pocket. It is revealed that the creature
    murdered William and then placed the locket into Justine's coat
    as she slept, and the back story for the creature's murder of
    William is given.

    Frankenstein's monster travels to Geneva
    and meets a little boy in the woods. Hoping that, because the boy
    is still young and potentially unaffected by older humans'
    perception of his hideousness, the boy will be a companion for
    him, Frankenstein's monster plans to abduct the child. But the
    boy reveals himself as a relation of Frankenstein. Upon seeing
    the monster, the boy shouts insults, angering the monster. In an
    attempt to reason with the boy, the monster covers the boy's
    mouth to silence him. The monster ends up killing the boy by
    asphyxiation. Although not his original intent, the monster takes
    it as his first act of vengeance against his creator. The monster
    removes a necklace from the dead boy's body and plants it on a
    sleeping girl, Justine. Justine is found with the necklace, put
    on trial and found guilty. The judges at the trial are noted for
    their dislike of executing people when there is any doubt; but,
    under threats of excommunication, Justine confesses to the murder
    and is executed.

    When Frankenstein learns of his brother's
    death, he returns to Geneva to be with his family. Frankenstein
    sees the monster in the woods where his young brother was
    murdered, and becomes certain that the monster is William's
    murderer. Ravaged by his grief and guilt for creating the monster
    who wreaked so much destruction, Frankenstein retreats into the
    mountains to find peace. After some time in solitude, the monster
    approaches Frankenstein. Initially furious and intent on killing
    the monster, Frankenstein attempts to spring on him. The monster,
    far larger and more agile than his creator, eludes Frankenstein
    and allows the man to compose himself. Frankenstein encounters
    his creation while pursuing him to avenge William's death. The
    monster begins to tell Frankenstein of his encounters with
    humans, and how he had become afraid of them and spent a year
    living near a cottage, observing the family living there. The
    family had been wealthy, but was forced into exile when Felix De
    Lacey rescued a Turkish merchant wrongfully accused of a crime
    and sentenced to death. The man rescued by Felix was the father
    of his beloved, a girl named Safie. Once rescued, the father
    agreed to allow Felix to marry Safie. Ultimately, though, he
    could not stand the idea of his beloved daughter marrying a
    Christian and fled with his daughter. Safie returned, eager for
    the freedom of European women.

    Through observing the De Lacey family, the
    monster becomes educated and self-aware, realizing that he is
    very different in physical appearance from the humans he watches.
    In loneliness, the monster seeks to befriend the De Laceys. When
    the monster tries to befriend the family, they are horrified by
    his appearance and react viciously, with violence against him.
    This rejection makes the monster seek further vengeance against
    his creator.

    The monster concludes his story with a
    demand that Frankenstein create for him a female companion, on
    the basis that he is lonely since no human will accept him. The
    monster argues that as a living thing, he has a right to
    happiness and that Frankenstein, as his creator, has a duty to
    oblige him. He promises that he and his mate will vanish into
    wilderness uninhabited by man, never to reappear, if Frankenstein
    creates a companion for him.

    Fearing for his family, Frankenstein
    reluctantly agrees and travels to England to do his work. Clerval
    accompanies Frankenstein, but they separate in Scotland. In the
    process of creating a second being on the Orkney Islands,
    Frankenstein is plagued by premonitions of the carnage another
    monster could potentially wreak. Given the murderous behavior of
    the first creature, Frankenstein is reluctant to compound his
    error, particularly as creating a female companion for the
    creature might lead to an entire race of monsters that could
    plague mankind for millennia to come. Frankenstein destroys the
    unfinished project. The monster witnesses this event and vows
    revenge on Frankenstein's upcoming wedding night. Frankenstein
    sails far out to sea to dispose of the parts of the unfinished
    project, and remains adrift and alone. Meanwhile, the monster
    murders Clerval and leaves the corpse on an Irish beach,
    coincidentally near where Frankenstein finds himself washed up
    after his unintentionally long voyage. Arriving in Ireland,
    Frankenstein is imprisoned for the murder of Clerval, and falls
    violently ill in prison. After being acquitted (he was proven to
    be on the Orkney Islands when the murder took place) and with his
    health renewed, Frankenstein returns home with his
    father.

    Once home, Frankenstein marries his cousin
    Elizabeth and, possessing full knowledge of and belief in the
    monster's threat, prepares for a fight to the death with the
    monster. Wrongly believing the monster's vowed revenge meant his
    own death, Frankenstein asks Elizabeth to retire to her room for
    the night. Of course, the continued revenge of the monster is the
    destruction of those closest to Frankenstein, and the monster
    kills the secluded Elizabeth in her bed. Grief-stricken by the
    deaths of William, Justine, Clerval, and now Elizabeth,
    Frankenstein's father dies. Frankenstein vows to pursue the
    monster until one of them destroys the other. After months of
    pursuit, the two end up in the Arctic Circle, near the North
    Pole, where we return to Walton's ship and the end of
    Frankenstein's narrative.

    Concluding frame narrative

    At the end of Frankenstein's narrative,
    Captain Walton resumes the telling of the story. A few days after
    Frankenstein has finished his story, the ship becomes entombed in
    ice and a deputation from Walton's crew insist on returning South
    once the ship is freed. In spite of a passionate and rousing
    speech from Frankenstein, encouraging the crew to push further
    North, Walton is forced to relent and head for home. Although
    Frankenstein is desperate to continue his pursuit of the monster
    and exact his revenge, he is critically ill and dies shortly
    after the ship heads for home. Walton discovers the monster
    mourning over Frankenstein's body. Walton hears the monster's
    adamant justification for his vengeance as well as expressions of
    remorse. The destruction of Frankenstein had not brought the
    monster peace – rather his crimes increased his own misery and
    alienation, finding his own emotional destruction in the
    destruction of his creator. He leaves the ship and travels toward
    the Pole to destroy himself on his own funeral pyre so that no
    others will ever know of his existence.

    Mary Shelley completed her writing in May
    1817, and Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus was
    first published on 1 January 1818 by the small London publishing
    house of Harding, Mavor & Jones. It was issued anonymously,
    with a preface written for Mary by Percy Bysshe Shelley and with
    a dedication to philosopher William Godwin, her father. It was
    published in an edition of just 500 copies in three volumes, the
    standard "triple-decker" format for 19th century first editions.
    The novel had been previously rejected by Percy Bysshe Shelley's
    publisher, Charles Ollier and by Byron's publisher John
    Murray.

    The second edition of Frankenstein
    was published on 11 August 1823 in two volumes (by G. and W. B.
    Whittaker), and this time credited Mary Shelley as the
    author.

    On 31 October 1831, the first "popular"
    edition in one volume appeared, published by Henry Colburn &
    Richard Bentley. This edition was quite heavily revised by Mary
    Shelley, and included a new, longer preface by her, presenting a
    somewhat embellished version of the genesis of the story. This
    edition tends to be the one most widely read now, although
    editions containing the original 1818 text are still being
    published. In fact, many scholars prefer the 1818 edition. They
    argue that it preserves the spirit of Shelley's original
    publication (see Anne K. Mellor's "Choosing a Text of
    Frankenstein to Teach" in the W.W. Norton Critical
    edition).

    Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
    1797–1851, English author; daughter of William Godwin and
    Mary Wollstonecraft. In 1814 she fell in love with the poet Percy
    Bysshe Shelley, accompanied him abroad, and after the death of
    his first wife in 1816 was married to him. Her most notable
    contribution to literature is her novel of terror,
    Frankenstein, published in 1818. It is the story of a
    German student who learns the secret of infusing life into
    inanimate matter and creates a monster that ultimately destroys
    him. Included among her other novels are Valperga
    (1823), The Last Man (1826), and the partly
    autobiographical Lodore (1835). After Shelley's death in
    1822, she devoted herself to caring for her aged father and
    educating her only surviving child, Percy Florence Shelley. In
    1839–40 she edited her husband's works.

    See her journal (ed. by F. L. Jones, 1947);
    her letters (ed. by M. Spark and D. Stamford, 1953); biographies
    by M. Spark (1951, repr. 1988), N. B. Gerson (1973), and M.
    Seymour (2001); studies by W. A. Walling (1972) and E. Sunstein
    (1989).

    The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
    Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press. Licensed
    from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights
    reserved.

    Important report

    Frankenstein book

     Info

     Frankenstein is a famous novel
    written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. The novel was
    published on January 1, 1818. The novel was written in Gothic
    genre. Frankenstein book comprises of more or less 345 pages of
    statndard size.

     Frankenstein Novel Setting (Time
    & Place)

     In the novel, the 18th century was
    shown and the places depicted were Geneva, the Swiss Alps,
    Ingolstadt, England, Scotland and the northern ice.

     Frankenstein
    Characters 

    • Victor Frankenstein

    • Elizabeth Lavenza
      Frankenstein

    • Alphonse Frankenstein

    • Caroline Beaufort
      Frankenstein

    • Henry Clerval

    • The Monster

    • William Frankenstein

    • Ernest Frankenstein

    • Beaufort

    • M. Krempe

    • Justine Moritz

    • Margaret Seville

    • M. Waldman – Victor"s Chemistry
      Professor

    • De Lacey

    • Agatha – De Lacey"s
      Daughter

    • Felix

    Frankenstein Book Report

     Of Main Characters

     Here is a brief statement of
    thesis on the main characters of the novel
    Frankenstein. 

    • Victor Frankenstein: Victor,
      born in Geneva and possesses an aggressive nature interests
      in gaining knowledge most. He is inclined to poetry much but
      later on he develops high interest in science. But he soon
      becomes obsessed with the subject of science. His focal point
      of studies is "the secrets of heaven and earth".He is so
      dedicated to his research that behaves selfishly and does not
      stay in touch with his family for many years.Finally he
      enlivens a dead person who becomes a monster and brings
      consequences to him and his relations.

    • Elizabeth Lavenza Frankenstein:
      Elizabeth, an orphan, earlier lived with peasant family and
      later adopted by the Frankensteins. Victor and Elizabeth are
      destined to be married since the day she enters the house of
      the Frankensteins. She is a quiet and even-handed woman. Like
      Victor, she also likes poetry and countryside
      beauty.

    • Alphonse Frankenstein: Alphonse
      Frankenstein, Victor's father, is a dignified and a
      respectable person in the community. He is a compassionate
      and patient man. He is very devoted and shields his family.
      For instance, he supports Victor believing his innocence when
      he is alleged of murder. He also behaves so kindly to his
      wife.

    • Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein:
      Caroline, Victor"s mother, faces hard time in her young hood.
      Her father falls seriously ill and in order to arrange his
      medicine and bread and butter, she does multiple jobs to
      manage it all.Having been married to Alphonse Frankenstein,
      she sees her good days.  She behaves very
      compassionately to the less privileged. She portrays the
      perfect mother"s image.

    • Henry Clerval: Although Henry
      and Victor have different natures and even interests, Henry
      is the only friend of Victor. Henry always backs Victor in
      whatsoever situation. He accompanies Victor while travelling
      and nurses him when he falls ill.Victor commends Henry's
      sensibility, fervent mind's eye and refinement. Unlike
      Victor, Henry shows no interest in science at all. Instead he
      likes literature, language and natural world.

    • The monster: Victor creates the
      monster with different body parts. The monster has yellow
      skin with clearly-raised muscles and arteries. He has black
      hair, black lips, white teeth and dried-up complexion. He is
      very huge in size. The monster"s frightening appearance
      doesn"t let him mingle with people since they feel afraid of
      him. He isolates himself and takes refuge secretly at De
      Lacey's home. There he learns how to read. And then he reads
      the Victor"s diary in which he wrote the experience of
      monster"s creation.Somehow the De Laceys find and beat him
      out and leave their house for good. At this, the monster
      develops detestation and vengeance for his creator.Out of
      rage, he makes killings but regrets committing them. He
      expresses remorse when he finds his last victim, Victor
      Frankenstein, dead.

    Frankenstein Summary

     Robert Walton, the captain of a ship
    heading to the North Pole, writes his sister a letter informing
    that his crew recently found out a man at sea namely Victor
    Frankenstein who agreed to tell his story.

    Victor narrates the he spent his childhood
    in Switzerland. His family adopted needy orphans. Among them was
    beautiful Elizabeth who befriends with Victor and soon they fall
    in love. Victor has another best friend, Henry Clerval. When
    Victor turns seventeen, he goes to study at the University in
    Ingoldstad. In the meanwhile, his mother dies of scarlet
    fever.

    Victor engrosses himself in studying the
    secrets of life and doesn"t even get enough time to stay in touch
    with his family. One night, he discovers the secret of life. He
    experiments to liven up a dead man with the idea of creating a
    fine race. He makes a successful experiment but the creature
    which comes into being looks so horrendous. Therefore he abandons
    it but the monster escapes and survives. After a few months,
    Victor is informed that his youngest brother, William, has been
    murdered. Victor believes firmly that the monster has done it,
    but he keeps silent. An adoptee in Victor"s family, Justine
    Moritz, is charged of the murder and executed. With a guilty
    conscience, Victor, Frankensteins goes on vacation. One day
    when

    Victor is hiking in the mountains, he comes
    across the monster. Instead of showing his rage, the monster begs
    Victor to listen to the story of his miserable life. It tells
    Victor that how rejected and isolated he is because of his
    appearance. The monster demands Victor to create a female monster
    to live with. Victor turns down but later consents.

    Victor"s father asks Victor to marry
    Elizabeth. Victor tells him that he first has to go to England.
    He comes across Clerval on the way to England. He makes Clerval
    stay at his friend"s house in Scotland and heads to a far-off
    island to create the female monster.

    While creating female monster, Victor fears
    that it may turn out more perilous than the first one at the same
    time he realizes the first monster looking at him through a
    window and Victor destroys the female monster. The first monster
    swears to avenge. It threats Victor to take its revenge on
    Victor"s wedding night. Victor dumps the remains of female
    monster in the ocean. When he returns to shore, he is alleged of
    a murder. When Victor comes to know that the victim is Clerval,
    he loses his senses and remains in the state for two months. When
    he restores himself, his father has arrived, and he is cleared of
    the false charges.Victor goes back to Geneva and marries
    Elizabeth. On the night of his wedding, the monster murders
    Elizabeth. Victor"s father passes away because of the
    bereavement. Now, Victor is determined to avenge against the
    monster. He chases the monster in the Northern ice, but gets
    stuck on breaking ice. There he is rescued by Walton"s
    crew.

    Robert Walton sends another string of
    letters to his sister. He puts in the picture about his failure
    to reach the North Pole and bring back Victor, who died soon
    after his rescue. In the final letter by Walton, he tells that he
    found the monster grieving over Victor"s dead body. He points the
    finger at the monster of having no repentance. But the monster
    says it has undergone a more miseries than anyone else. The
    monster takes its revenge with Victor death and therefore it
    decides to finish its own life too.

     

     

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